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White House rejects House debt plan: official

AFP 15/10/2013 | 15:16 MYT
The White House on Tuesday rejected a new plan by Republican House leaders to avoid a disastrous debt default, branding it a "ransom" demand.

Amy Brundage, a White House spokeswoman, said the plan was a "partisan attempt to appease a small group of Tea Party Republicans who forced the government shutdown in the first place."
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